Review article
THE IDEA OF HISTORICAL CIRCULUS IN THE NOVEL THE BRIDGE ON THE DRINA BY IVO ANDRIC
Mirna Brkić Vučina
; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Mostar
Abstract
It is necessary to start the speculations on history and its repetition in the novels of
Croatian literature with Senoa and the concept of history developed in his historical
novels. For Senoa, history is magistra vitae, the teacher of life, which expresses
his attitude that, based on the acquired experiences, you can avoid mistakes and
find better solutions. However, the genre of historical novel in Croatian literature
has been constantly changing, as well as the concept of history within it and the
affirmative attitude towards the past has been replaced by the vision of history as
the time of evil, madness and death. Such a negative attitude towards history will
be depicted in this paper through the example of novel The Bridge on the Drina
(1945) by Ivo Andric.The main idea of historical circulus, i.e. recognition of the
present through the past and vice versa and their permanent turns, has marked
this mentioned novel.
Keywords
historical novel; Croatian literature; The Bridge on the Drina; idea of historical circulus
Hrčak ID:
229383
URI
Publication date:
10.7.2012.
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